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The Fence is an Obstacle to Terrorists'
Progress

Updated Aug. 8, 2003 1:12 a.m. ET

Your July 31 editorial "Mideast Peace Progress" (Review & Outlook) describes the Israeli security fence being constructed in the West Bank as an obstacle to progress on the road map. You fail to recognize the most important function of such a fence. While a fence may not be effective in stopping all terrorist attacks, it will certainly stop truck bombs that could take down skyscrapers in Tel-Aviv (fortunately, several such attacks have been thwarted in the past two years). Such a Sept. 11-type attack would be catastrophic to any peace initiatives and could likely lead to an Israeli response that would...